Molly Glick
The Major Milk Controversy That Quickly Dried Up
A synthetic hormone once sparked a supermarket showdown, but today it has all but disappeared from dairy farms
Edward Teller Tried to Move Mountains With Nuclear Bombs
The father of the H-bomb hoped to put these blasts toward civilian infrastructure
How a Worried Mom Created One of the Most Versatile Inventions
Duct tape wouldn’t exist without Vesta Stoudt, whose bright idea quickly stuck
The Dark History of Space Medicine
How Nazi Germany influenced early research into spaceflight’s health impacts
The Long History and Uncertain Future of US Weather Forecasts
Centuries of scientific progress are at stake
The Woman Who Paved the Way for IVF
Miriam Menkin didn’t achieve the same fame as her colleague John Rock, but the life-changing procedure wouldn’t be possible without her
Can the Keto Diet Treat Mental Health Conditions?
How the evidence stacks up against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent claims
The Many Myths of the Blood Moon
What people throughout the world and across time have made of lunar eclipses
Why Teflon Is Losing Its Sticking Power
The substance that revolutionized cookware and helped build the atomic bomb is facing a reckoning
The Forgotten Epidemic Born Out of Poverty
Joseph Goldberger’s findings on pellagra weren’t welcome at the time, but he paved the way for a simple, life-saving intervention